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INDEX. 
Catania , deftroyed by an erruption of mount Etna, now 
rebuilt, p. 3. Its harbour formed by, but afterwards 
filled up with, lava, p. 7. 
Chappe , abbe, his obfervction of the tranfit of Venus in 
Calitornia, p. 551. His death, p. 552. 
Charcoal of wood thought no conductor of electricity, 
p. 211. Much contracted in its dimenfions by the 
procefs of coaling, p., 212, 213. Different in this 
from animal or mineral fubftances, p. 214. ConduCts 
deCtricity in proportion to the ‘degree of heat ufed in 
the making of it, p. 215. But not in proportion to 
the folidity of its fubftance, or its blacknefs, p. 216. - 
Itscaufe the oil of the plant or phlogifton, p. 218,219. 
Not to be diftinguifhed in its conducting power from 
perfect metals, p. 220. 
Cheljea , fifty new plants of the garden defcribed,. p. 54 r, 
&C. .'t ■ ' ' X - 
Chejnut tree , one of them on mount Etna is upwards of 
: 2 8 canes or 60 yards in circumference, p. 9 . r 
Grillo, Dr. Dominico, his letter on the Manna tree, and 
the taran-tulay-p.. 233. « 
Coagulable lymph forms the buff or inflammatory cruft, 
p. 376 "Not 'coagulated' -by reft alone, p. 377, 380. 
Nor by cold;’ pi 378, 383. But chiefly by the aCtion 
of the air, p. 379. And by a lefs degree of heat than 
the ferum, p. 385. May change in two or three minutes, 
p. 400. Its difpofition to coagulate increafed by bleed- 
ing, p. 402. 
Cold of. Hudfoxj’sfbay, p v i.2j4.- , Its effeCts, p .124, 125,. 
Cold o bfl r u (ft s " t fi e . le pa r at ip, n of the blood, p. ,369. And 
lciTensftts difpoff ion .'to coagulate, p. 409, 410, &c. 
Comet feen in Hudfon’s bay, p. 136-, 13 1. At Cavap in 
Irtland^ d. a 6 q .- 
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